All I can say is yessssss, even though it's past 2am and my eyes have big black bags under them.

I just finished my midterm assignment for photography which is due today at 11.20. The only thing left to do is pick up the prints from the local Fuji store when he opens at 10.00.

Today I spent an hour at Wat Po shooting things that would fit into the assignments "Contradiction" theme. I already had a shot of the drink vendor at Wat Arun and needed a vertical from Wat Po to finish the project. These are the final two. Captions are on the Flickr pages. :)





I'll begin packing this Sunday. Moving day is Friday next week, hopefully.

My deadline for the Dr. Suthinan interview got moved up to next Friday as well. Have to do that Sunday too, I guess. In a meeting last week my editor said he really liked the environmental portraits but needed to tell me about the school paper's printing process. Every month the newsprint color changes. Purple, black, green, pink. Photos are printed in the same ink as the the articles so... my beautiful portraits of the school's dean could be printed in pink and white, depending on the May issue color scheme. He said he'll put in a request for black. I'm also supposed to get some "symbolic shots" of BUIC as small page fillers.

Loststado.

A 2000฿ deposit reserved me my new apartment today. I'll go back to sign the contract and move in on the 28th.

Moving is a lot of work and expensive too. I'll have to pay a two month deposit in addition to the first month's rent, 2000 baht charge for "wiring" in order to use the internet, and another 1000 baht? for Buddy Broadband's March special (a waved installation fee until March 30th). I'll also need to pack everything and move it across the road, and call the electrician to help remove and re-install my in-shower water heater. Call it a luxury, but that water heater is very nice in the winter and at 6am before Monday morning classes.

The new place is worth the trouble though. There's no karaoke bar downstairs to blast music at 3am, but there is a church band that practices down the hall in the afternoon. The room itself is twice as wide and three times as long as my current apartment. I've figured out that there will be enough room to setup my own mini photo studio, recording studio (the old practice studio by the uni is donating bags insulation foam), and office. Yes, office; the room has a desk. Electricity and water are only 66% of my current place, which makes up for the difference in price.

Yesterday, I completed the first stage of my article on the Dean of the international college for the May issue of the school newspaper. There's no April issue because of Summer break, so May is coming soon. The interview took about 20 minutes and was a lot of fun. Afterwards, we shot just over a hundred frames of environmental portraits in the BUIC building. Now comes the hard part: writing the article. I could do a question and answer style; easy to read for the majority of Thai students, or a bit more in-depth article.

The midterm break is over. Starting Monday, we'll have four weeks until the Songkran holiday week, then three weeks until final exams.

I need to finish my photography midterm project before next Saturday morning. The theme is Faith, Contradiction, or Release. Choose one topic and find it in two of four temples on a list. Last Wednesday, Shy, Mario, and I went to Wat Po and Wat Arun for the afternoon. Wat Arun was wonderful at sunset that day. This photo of Shy was one of only a few keepers. The lighting idea likely came from me reading the excellentStrobist.com so much. The project's topic is tough. I got one picture of two men who sit drinking in front of the temple everyday but nothing from Wat Po with "contradiction" in the photo really. Next week I may have to re-shoot.





Dany Dog, the dog with mange that I took a picture of two weeks ago, was rescued last Monday. I took the vet and catcher to the dog, and after several hours of searching, loosing it, getting the wrong dog, waiting for the rain showers to stop, and searching again, Dany was tranquilized and taken to the hospital. It's since been flown to the resort of animal hospitals on Koh Samui island.

The photos I shot of a Soi Dog in Klong Saan a week ago found their way to Baan Samui Animal Rescue who have found a sponsor for this dog.

Dan, we named the dog Dany.

Could you possibly check up on him if he is still alive? And possibly give him some food?

I am trying to have him checked up medically as soon as possible. Worst case he will be shipped to Samui. Unfortunately the lady from the rescue center in Bangkok has not answered yet and I need her to catch the dog and to ship him in a flight box to Samui with Bangkok air.

I hope that Dany holds on until then!

A sponsor for Dany's future is already found. If we are successful bringing him to Samui and he survives, he will have a happy life.

Many many thanks Ulrike